November 2011
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MB COMEBACK!!!!!
After a long Long LONG layoff MB is back in business. Look out for new articles COMING SOON!!!!!!!!!
August 2011
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Pakistani American woman killed in cold blood at... →
This is a truly tragic and demoralizing story. I don’t even want to get into the details and I’m going to copy and paste my friend’s (her cousin) words to describe what took place. Please Reblog this post, this story needs to be heard:
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jozh6/could_you_stay_in_a_relationship_where_the/
My cousin Nazish Noorani was insensibly murdered 3...
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Robert Reich: How Austerity Is Ushering in a... →
robertreich:
Not only is the United States slouching toward a double dip, but so is Europe. New data out today show even Europe’s strongest core economies – Germany, France, and the Netherlands – slowing to a crawl.
We’re on the cusp of a global recession.
Policy makers be warned: Austerity is the wrong…
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Mohandas Gandhi: How Safe Are You? What Almost $8... →
mohandasgandhi:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/08/16
The killing of Osama Bin Laden did not put cuts in national security spending on the table, but the debt-ceiling debate finally did. And mild as those projected cuts might have been, last week newly minted Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was…
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“Last year my federal tax bill … was $6,938,744. That sounds like a lot of...”
– Warren Buffet
July 2011
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Democrats erupt over latest plan on debt ceiling →
As President Obama pushed hard for a grand deal to reduce the federal deficit, he ignited a furor among congressional Democrats on Thursday by appearing to retreat from his insistence that spending cuts and revenue increases be included in the same package…
An early version of the plan would lock in cuts in spending and social programs, as Republicans want, but appeared to defer decisions on...
“News Corp is not a news company at all, but a global media empire that employs...”
– Jay Rosen (via azspot)
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“Among political scientists, however, it is common knowledge that [the...”
– The Myth of the Independent Voter
(Emphasis added above.)
TRUTH. I registered as an Independent for two reasons. (1) I don’t like being labeled as a Democrat when I disagree with so many of their policies [though I like them generally better than Republican’s]. (2) In New Hampshire, Independents...
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WatchGreat assessment by Bill of the current state of the economy
“We love America just as much as they do. But in a different way. You see, they...”
– (via florizel36)
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Tumble DC 25: Why Politicians Lie →
politicalprof:
I know, I know: you’re thinking politicians lie as a defect of character. They lie because they’re liars. So why bother to discuss it?
I want to suggest that there’s a different, more persuasive account for why politicians lie: They lie because we make them lie. They lie…
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Fareed Zakaria: What does the post American world... →
Fareed is so on point with his analysis of the current state of America. I wish he had the same accuracy with his other analyses.
“How does our system, which demands consumption and the more the better,...”
– Peter Joseph (via zeitgeistmovement)
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BREAKING: Case against Strauss-Kahn near collapse,... →
joshsternberg:
soupsoup:
Prosecutors from the office of District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., who initially were emphatic about the strength of the case and the account of the victim, plan to tell the court on Friday that they “have problems with the case” based on what their investigators have discovered, and will disclose more details of their findings to the defense.
“It is a mess, a mess...
June 2011
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Time has come for Pakistan to try India as a... →
MY Take
This is a great read on the relationship with Pakistan and India, and what choices Pakistan has at this point in order for its long term survival
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Global Food Crisis: National Geographic Takes A... →
zeitgeistmovement:
In the July issue of National Geographic, writer Charles Siebert takes an in-depth look the world’s impending food crisis — in order to feed our growing population, we’ll need to double food production. But as Siebert finds, the potential for a sustainable supply does exist. As his report states:
Food varieties extinction is happening all over the world — and it’s happening...
Five economic lessons from Sweden, the rock star... →
“Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has...”
– – David Borenstein (via dailyinspiredthoughts)
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“Most people prefer to believe that their leaders are just and fair, even in the...”
– Michael Rivero (via bulletinmypocket)
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ShortFormBlog: Syrian government runs dorm raids... →
shortformblog:
Crackdown at a Syrian college: The Syrian government’s security forces launched a series of violent raids into dormitories at Damascus University, where strongman Bashar al-Assad gave a speech earlier this week. Opposition members and witnesses claim that the violence, which reportedly injured…
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NC Man Allegedly Robs Bank for $1 to Get Health... →
abcnewsradio:
(GASTONIA, N.C.) — A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to the police report. He then sat down and waited for police to arrive. “…I say, ‘I’ll be...
"Daily Show" Host Jon Stewart On "FOX News Sunday" →
Very interesting interview in regards to a comparison between liberal and conservative media
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Chomsky: Wealthiest 1% rule our politics →
So Noam talks about the global capital concentrated within the hands of the few, and the struggle it will take to combat it. I wanted to share this article because of how different it is than Noam’s usual rants. I agree with most of what he says, but his analyses contain a pessimistic and cynical theme. This is one of the rare reads where he actually has positive input about the future and...
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White House says they don't need congress... →
So the White House came out on Wednesday and defended its actions in Libya against its opponents who say that the action has no legal basis. Both parties are attacking the President on this. I can see the Democrats attacking him. At least it shows they are consistent. Why would the Republicans ever in their right mind attack him on this? Where was the War Power Act violations when George W waged...
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“In 1970 conservatives argued that enforcement of the Clean Air Act would “cause...”
– Joe Romm- Think Progress
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“I’m not admitting it was wrong. What I’m saying is that, if the public perceives...”
– New Jersey Governor Chris Christie • Speaking with Piers Morgan, in an interview to be aired tonight. Morgan asked Christie about his decision to use a state helicopter to attend his son’s basketball game. Christie replied that it’s important to him to be there for his son, which is a quality that...
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"British fear 'American-style' healthcare system" →
stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith:
Two years ago, Britons were outraged when U.S. politicians like Sarah Palin, in the debate over healthcare reform, turned this country’s National Health Service into a public whipping boy, denouncing it as “evil,” “Orwellian” and generally the enemy of everything good and true.
It’s time for some payback.
Britain is now embroiled in a healthcare argument of...
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'Patriotic Millionaires' Ask Obama, Congress To... →
evilteabagger:
technipol:
NPR - The 200 members of Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength are advocating higher taxes on the wealthy. Group member Dennis Mehiel says this is part of balancing the country’s fiscal policy. Host Michel Martin speaks with Mehiel to learn more about this concept. Martin also checks in with Washington D.C. restaurant owner Andy Shallal for his views on taxing...
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“What makes the Anthony Weiner story somewhat unique and thus worth discussing...”
– Glenn Greenwald, Salon (via iteeth)
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Will Cheaper Medical School Increase The Supply Of... →
letterstomycountry:
Peter Bach and Robert Kocher make an argument in The New York Times that I hear frequently from physicians but continue not to really understand. Their claim is that the high cost of medical school accounts for why so few doctors want to be GPs:
Huge medical school debts — doctors now graduate owing more than $155,000 on average, and 86 percent have some debt — are why...
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Why Ron Paul's Prediction of the future is WRONG →
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So another article written by Ron Paul warning about our march towards doom. I agree that the federal government is at its limit for war time powers and infringements on liberties via the Patriot Act. Having said this, I think he’s being a bit extreme in his assessment of tyrants taking over the US due to these laws. I believe democracy is a pendulum and if it goes too far in one...
May 2011
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Salon article about cell phones really stupid →
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When you read this article, it goes into how cell phones are carcinogenic, and there’s a link between brain tumors and cell phone use. Then it goes onto say how the study was flawed and there isn’t enough evidence. What was the point of this article? I had to post this out of pure curiosity.